Nothing says Cowra in the springtime quite like rolling fields of golden canola as far as the eye can see.
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Renowned Cowra artist Glenn Morton has set his sights on capturing this iconic image after he started work on a new mural in Kendal Street earlier this week.
"What I realised is that this is a scene that is so typical of the Cowra scenery and we take it for granted," Mr Morton said.
"Over the years I've painted lots of places overseas, all over parts of Australia but the scenery around Cowra is brilliant and people have bought those paintings of Cowra - hills, green fields, canola, dry... they've gone all over the world and it's the scenery, people buy them because of the scenery."
The new work will replace a mural painted by Mr Morton 25 years ago on a wall of the building which formally housed the Australiana Corner.
The building, which is owned by Allan Vorias and now used by The Strength Collab, was given a new paint job in recent months however the old mural suffered extensive water damage and was unable to be saved.
Mr Vorias then commissioned Mr Morton to create another mural and received $5000 from Cowra Council to assist with the work.
Mr Morton said the scene is made up from a number of paintings of properties across the Cowra district.
"What we are trying to depict here is just a good season, early spring with canola, varied crops and I happened to capture this scene in a smaller painting, I saw a storm," he said.
"This is a compilation of a number of scenes that I've painted on properties on commissions I've had... I've probably used three or four scenes from properties around here together to make a mural that's typical of Cowra."
In terms of process, Mr Morton said he spent time drafting it at home before painting a smaller version of the work.
"What you see in the brain is sometimes hard to transfer in written word or art and it's up to my skill to be able to bring it home to the level I would like it," he said.
"I'm painting it the same as I do out in the field and I begin at the top and work my way down and that way you work clean and I'm not mixing foreground colours or middle tone colours in with the crisp, beautiful distance."
Mr Morton said the mural was a welcome challenge.
"I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't want to... it's probably harder because with anything to do with the arts, if you're going to progress, you tackle more difficult subjects," he said.
"Every time you put yourself out there, you put yourself to be hung out and dry, it can't control what you do but it is in the back of your mind, you don't want to fluff it."
And while there is a bit of pressure involved, Mr Morton said the feedback from the public so far had been very positive.
"They seem very appreciative that it's being done which adds more pressure," he said.
"I think I'm like a lot of the people in Cowra, I'm looking forward to seeing it finished and hopefully finished in a manner that everyone else likes as well as myself.
"Watch this space."